The fact that a tourist sees scenic mountains and valleys when viewing a high pass in
the Rocky Mountains, whereas a geologist sees cirque basins, U-shaped valleys, and
paternoster streams, illustrates the concept of
a. ecosystem.
b. cultural ecology.
c. physical environment.
d. cultural environment.
e. scientific impartiality.
According to Spradley, the term “ethnography” refers to
a. cross-cultural explanation.
b. the discovery and description of the culture of a particular group.
c. the statistical testing of hypotheses in the field, using survey questionnaires.
d. the discovery of ethnic subgroups within complex societies.
e. the process of cross-cultural classification, comparison, and explanation.
According to Patten (Malawi Versus the World Bank), when the president of Malawi
reinstituted the subsidized fertilizer program the
a. maize yields grew substantially.
b. the World Bank changed its policy concerning government subsidies.
c. Malawi was able to export grain.
d. two of the above
e. a, b, and c above
Social situations consist of a combination of culturally appropriate
a. times.
b. places.
c. objects.
d. two of the above
e. a, b, and c above
Patten (Malawi Versus the World Bank) notes that the World Bank and International
Monetary Fund along with approval of the U.S. Treasury adopted a “Washington
Consensus” designed to _______________ in poor countries.
a. underwrite better health programs
b. institute capitalism
c. help subsistence farmers increase their crop yields
d. strengthen democratic governments
e. upgrade education
Which one of the following provides evidence that language leads to particular habits of
thought?
a. The confusion about the sex of objects and people encountered by English speakers
because the language lacks an indicator for gender.
b. The inability of Guugu Yumithiir speakers to tell which side of someone an object is
lying because their language only permits them to speak about geographic directions.
c. The inability of Balinese dancers to teach each other steps because they lack
geographical terms for direction.
d. The inability of Hopi Indians to tell time because their language lacks verbs that
indicate the past and present.
e. The fact that speakers of German and French tended to apply female voices to
grammatically indicated feminine objects in an experiment.
Which one of the following names factors that encourage Third World women to
migrate to the First World for work according to Ehrenreich and Hochschild (Global
Women in the New Economy)?
a. the amount of money they can make and send home
b. the possibility of achieving citizenship in the host country
c. the potential for improved health care
d. two of the above
e. a, b, and c above
Scheper-Hughes (Mother’s Love: Death without Weeping) claims that which of the
follow kinds of people encourage(s) mothers not to become attached to their sick and
dying children?
a. clergy
b. doctors
c. midwives
d. two of the above
e. a, b, and c above
An innovation is more likely to be accepted if it
a. meets a felt need.
b. meets needs for prestige.
c. maintains some continuity with traditional customs.
d. two of the above
e. a, b, and c above
Nelson (Eskimo Science) reports that Inupiaq hunters can predict the ________ based
on the behavior of seals, dogs, and sea currents.
a. location of polar bears
b. appearance of walruses
c. coming of spring
d. appearance of caribou
e. approach of squalls
In her article, “Shakespeare in the Bush,” Laura Bohannan shows that
a. the story of Hamlet does not retain its original meaning when told to a Tiv audience.
b. the story of Hamlet retains Shakespeare’s meaning for both the English and the Tiv.
c. the Tiv misunderstood the meaning of Hamlet’s gift of a Christmas ox.
d. the Tiv misunderstood why Hamlet’s father’s ghost would seek revenge.
e. the Tiv were shocked by the quick marriage of Hamlet’s mother to his uncle.
According to Harris (Life without Chiefs), mumis, or big men, among the Siuai of the
Solomon Islands
a. possessed formal authority to make people act.
b. managed band reciprocity.
c. led in a manner equivalent to a “U.S. scoutmaster.”
d. ate less well than other people.
e. none of the above
Dubisch (Run for the Wall) notes that rituals are
a. repetitive.
b. symbolic.
c. enactments of cultural beliefs or values.
d. personally transformational.
e. all of the above
According to Barrett (Leprosy on the Ganges),
a. illness is another word for disease.
b. illness is what medical anthropologists study.
c. illness and disease are treated as different concepts by medical anthropologists.
d. studying illness is more important than studying disease.
e. almost all diseases stigmatize their victims.
Diamond (Domestication and the Evolution of Disease) classifies human diseases into
active and passive. Which one of the following is a passive disease based on Diamond’s
examples?
a. plague
b. measles
c. cholera
d. malaria
e. influenza
According to Guneratne and Bjork (Village Walks), most foreign tourists failed to
detect a difference between Brahmin and Tharu houses in Pipariya.
When people feel that a policy is wrong, but accept it because they value the
government that makes the policy, they are giving a kind of support called
a. legitimacy.
b. coercion.
c. authority.
d. leadership.
e. self-redress.
According to Sutherland (The Case of the Gypsy Offender), a young Gypsy man was
indicted by the government for
a. hiding his identity from authorities.
b. stealing cars.
c. using a relative’s social security number.
d. refusing to eat jail food.
e. lying to authorities about his real American name.
Dubisch (Run for the Wall) notes that participants in the Run for the Wall
a. often frightened onlookers with their “outlaw biker” looks.
b. annoyed other motorists by hogging miles of highway with hundreds of bikes.
c. were mostly members of Western, especially Californian, motorcycle clubs.
d. were usually Vietnam veterans.
e. were motorcyclists attracted by the challenges associated with such a long ride.
The right to make and enforce public policy is called
a. coercion.
b. authority.
c. support.
d. legitimacy.
e. leadership.
According to Sutherland, officials in the American justice system often
a. view Gypsies as a criminal society.
b. trump up evidence against Gypsies.
c. deny Gypsy defendants their rights while they are in jail.
d. two of the above
e. a, b, and c above
According to Shandy (The Road to Refugee Resettlement), Nuer are most often first
aided in their quest to be resettled in the United States by
a. relatives.
b. UN officials.
c. voluntary associations (volags).
d. friends.
e. U.S. immigration officials.
Lecture, desks, class hours and writing boards are all part of the class
a. stratification.
b. rank.
c. social situation.
d. status.
e. role.
The passage of a cultural category, culturally defined behavior, or culturally produced
artifact from one society to another through borrowing is called
a. transnationalism.
b. cultural diffusion.
c. multiculturalism.
d. cultural hybridization.
e. globalization.
According to Tannen, men often argue that an advantage of not asking questions is that
a. they avoid receiving incorrect information.
b. they learn to discover answers for themselves.
c. they can feel superior to other people by not showing their ignorance.
d. two of the above
e. a, b, and c above
According to Scheper-Hughes, four of the following statements are true about how the
death of poor babies is treated in Alto do Cruzeiro and Bom Jesus de Mata, Brazil.
Which one is not?
a. Babies are buried without headstones or markers.
b. The church rarely holds ceremonies for dead infants.
c. The grave where an infant is buried may be used again for another later.
d. Midwives encourage mothers of dead babies to grieve.
e. Civil authorities only require a two-paragraph report when a baby dies.
Nelson (Eskimo Science) notes that humans have been hunters and gathers for
________ percent of their time on earth.
a. 75
b. 80
c. 90
d. 99
e. 99.8
According to Shandy (The Road to Refugee Resettlement), Thok Ding was finally
resettled in the U.S. after his father was killed in the Sudanese civil war, and he
attended school in Ethiopia and lived in a refugee camp in Kenya.
According to Abu-Lughod (Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?), wearing the
burqa or the veil symbolizes _____________ to Muslim women.
a. respectability
b. modesty
c. a separation of the women’s and the men’s world
d. two of the above
e. a, b, c above
According to Ehrenreich and Hochschild (Global Women in the New Economy),
African women are most likely to migrate to ____________for work as domestics and
nannies.
a. the Far East
b. the United States
c. Europe
d. South East Asia
e. the Middle East
Mann (You@Work) encourages job seekers to
a. rant against others on the Internet.
b. leave embarrassing personal information on social networks.
c. ignore what family and friends place about you on the Internet.
d. place embarrassing photos of themselves on their personal Websites.
e. none of the above
According to Weatherford, one young man who traveled to the Chapare to work in
cocaine production
a. sent home most of his money.
b. eventually took his ten year old sister to be a servant so he could make more money.
c. supplied his family with cocaine.
d. two of the above
e. none of the above
Shandy and Moe (The Opt-Out Phenomenon) argue that a key to women’s rank is
a. control over family finances.
b. having a large number of children.
c. obtaining high-ranking occupational positions.
d. their contribution of goods and services toward family maintenance.
e. the increase in societal values on equality.
Any use of anthropological knowledge that makes social interaction more predictable
among persons who operate with different cultural codes is called
a. academic anthropology.
b. action anthropology.
c. administrative anthropology.
d. adjustment anthropology.
e. advocate anthropology.